Category Archive: #occupy

CUNY’s official report on the student protests over tuition hikes was released quietly this January. This post summarizes 12 takeaway points that highlight the most interesting–and often worst–aspects of the report.

For the past year, we’ve been covering stories, issues, and events related to OccupyCUNY and other CUNY-movement groups. In that year, we saw students beaten by security/NYPD for trying to enter a public… Continue reading →

To mark the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, a coalition of students, educators, and community groups will host the Free University Week—creating education that is democratic, critical, and accessible to all.

The Free University is gearing up for its next big installment: a week of classes, skillshares, workshops, and discussions in Madison Square Park Sept. 18–22 supporting the #S17 one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall… Continue reading →

Leaping into year two of Occupy Wall Street, a coalition of students, faculty, and community groups hosted the Free University Week—a way to create education that is democratic, critical, and accessible to all.

Three events in Washington Square Park on Sunday, June 10 will look at issues of student debt and debt in general, as well as connections and support for the ongoing Quebec student strike.… Continue reading →

A coalition of New York City students and educators, from high schools, colleges, and universities—including CUNY—have announced the May Day Free University, a one-day, “pop-up” university taking place on May 1 from 10am-3pm in Madison Square Park. The Free University… Continue reading →

Organizing for Occupation (O4O), a group of New York City residents fighting evictions and foreclosures, is holding hold events in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx this month as part of its outreach to the… Continue reading →

A new Tumblr page is counting down to May 1st with radical struggles, speechs, creations, lives, tunes, texts, and (most importantly) reasons to strike. The site will feature one item in each category each day until May 1st.

A new article by Marina Sitrin, CUNY School of Law ’01, examining Occupy’s vision of democracy will appear in the April 2, 2012 edition of The Nation. Sitrin credits Occupy with calling into question… Continue reading →

Dear CUNY Community, Last Saturday, March 17th, hundreds of peaceful demonstrators convened in Zuccotti Park to celebrate the six month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. The gathering was a joyous event, a reunion… Continue reading →

Today, New York Daily News covered the upcoming #M1 defense of education actions planned for March 1 by focusing on Paola Martinez, a Baruch student and member of Students United for a Free… Continue reading →

Graduate Film students at Hunter College Iva Rad and Martyna Starosta have released a video showing how the Occupy Wall Street movement is giving new momentum to the protest culture of CUNY. In… Continue reading →

Professor Grace Davie at QC mic checked Cuomo at his recent presentation at the College. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcArDOuS-mg] Despite receiving little participation from the audience, Davie made her points quickly and said she was greeted… Continue reading →

Building Bridges Radio which covers local and national labor issues has a new interview up: NYC Students Stand Firm After CUNY Police Bully Them During Occupy City Univeristy of NY (CUNY) Protest Over… Continue reading →

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